Edith Atwater
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-04-22
Day of Death
1986-03-14 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Edith Atwater
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing.
Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children.
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Acting
(1978)
Die Sister, Die!
as Amanda
(1978)
Mean Dog Blues
as Linda's Mother
(1976)
Family Plot
as Mrs. Clay
(1975)
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Mrs. Webster
(1974)
Our Time
as Mrs. Pendleton
(1972)
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Sophie
(1971)
The Love Machine
as Mary
(1970)
Norwood
as Angry Bus Passenger
(1970)
Pieces of Dreams
as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
(1969)
True Grit
as Mrs. Floyd
(1969)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
(1969)
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mrs. Addy Mason
(1965)
Strange Bedfellows
as Mrs. Stevens
(1964)
Strait-Jacket
as Mrs. Fields
(1963)
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Miss Steuben
(1957)
Sweet Smell of Success
as Mary
(1951)
Teresa
as Mrs. Lawrence
(1949)
C-Man
as Lydia Brundage
(1945)
The Body Snatcher
as Meg Camden
(1936)
We Went to College
as Nina Talbot